FTSE slides on dire UK jobs data, Imperial Brands and Compass drag
UK markets were mixed in early trade on Tuesday in the face of rough jobs data, with residual optimism left over from yesterday’s vaccine-led 900-point surge from the Dow Jones in the US.
The benchmark FTSE 100 saw its opening 40 point rally ebb away to fall into the red. At 9.30am, the FTSE 100 had slipped around 0.3% to 6,031.23, although the midcap FTSE 250 clung on to its near 1% hike at ...